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Old 06-13-07, 06:10   #1 (permalink)
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1997 BMW 528i Aubergine (Egg Plant)
After 14 hours with the P/C 7336, all the Edge cutting pads, and Optimum Compound and Polish.

This car will be 11 in August, 96 build date. Spent most of its life in NY/NYC. I bought it last fall for a song and have been waiting to detail it. It does have some dents, but the reflection is AMAZING! Optimum sure beats Z-PC polish, which had an extremely small work time.

Process:
Dawn Wash
Meg's Gold Class clay
Optimum Compound on the entire vehicle (w/ various cutting pads)
Optimum Polish on entire vehicle (light cutting pad)
S100 (P21S) wax.

I love the S100 wax! I swear that stuff could be a religous experience! I have used Zaino on some other cars, but the S100 is so much simpler.
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Old 06-13-07, 07:08   #2 (permalink)
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No see pictures???????????????
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Old 06-14-07, 05:45   #3 (permalink)
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I'm working on it the site didn't like the size. I will try and host them somewhere else and link.

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Re: 1997 BMW 528i Aubergine (Egg Plant)
Wow 14 hours can't wait to see the pics!
 
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Old 06-14-07, 07:26   #7 (permalink)
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Re: 1997 BMW 528i Aubergine (Egg Plant)
I had a pretty bad finish to start with. I bought the car from a Nissan dealer in NJ which had gotten it at auction. You probably realize that auction places enjoy lots of rotary with wool pad action. The car was a swirled mess. The trunk lid and sunroof have been repaited, the sunroof with one stage. I spent a majority of time getting those to look decent, as you can see, they do now.

I am certain that my car has not looked this nice for a long, long time. Guess the mileage?

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Re: 1997 BMW 528i Aubergine (Egg Plant)
What the heck? Why the Michigan plates in the front and Penn in the back? Anyway, nice car!
 
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Boy, heat from both sides. the Bimmer forum member have been asking the same thing. I put that on since I don't have the money to buy a nice BMW plate. I found it in my basement (michigan plate) and put it on. the plate is from 1979, so it is by no means recent. Is there a law against that in PA?

Thanks for the complement. I finally saw it in the sun today and there are still some minor swirls but I reduced the swirls that were there by about 80-90%. Not bad considering that is my first time on hard german paint with the P/C, second time with the P/C polishing.

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Re: 1997 BMW 528i Aubergine (Egg Plant)
I'm guessing it is very against the law anywhere to have two different license plates on a car.

Looks pretty good otherwise.
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Thanks Scottwax. You're seal of approval makes me feel great! I will take that plate off tomorrow.

What does everyone else use to get the swirls out of BMW paint? Should I just buy a good filler/glaze (one grand comes to mind)?

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